Puerta Vieja Hostel is a great, friendly, and social hostel in the perfect location to explore the brilliant city of San Cristóbal.
The Location
Located an easy, twenty-minute walk from the ADO bus terminal and only two blocks from the main square, this hostel has the perfect location to explore the city. It is only a few minutes' walk from the three main pedestrian streets, including the main restaurant streets. If you are not taking part in the group hostel dinners you have plenty of options nearby, including many street food stalls. You have banks and supermarkets within a couple of blocks as well as plenty of bars and cafes.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The hostel is a typical, Colonial-style house with the rooms surrounding the courtyard, and then some more on the upper level as well; with a noise curfew of 10:30 p.m., there isn't a problem when it comes to noise. The bunk beds are super comfortable and have curtains around them for added privacy; they provide lockers big enough to store your entire bag and they give you the key so no need for your own locks.
The bathrooms are single sex and very well set out. You have a few showers and toilets as well as a basin area and they are super clean. There is plenty of room to get changed and hang your things while showering. They also provide you with free shampoo and soap.
Common Spaces
This is where this hostel nails it -- there's so much common space, and so many social activities! If you are looking to meet fellow backpackers, this is the place for you. You have the central courtyard area, although it is fully covered for the unpredictable rain. There are couches as well as table tennis. There is a lounge with Netflix and a fully stocked kitchen to whip up meals (although they offer a nightly, reasonably priced dinner that changes every night; like the free breakfast, the food is unreal!).They also have a backyard with some hostel dogs, and a bar that gets quite rowdy most nights. They have offers almost every day, from free cocktail parties to half-price cocktails.
Summary
This is the perfect hostel if you are looking to meet fellow travelers. It is the ideal mix of party and chill, and the staff are very knowledgeable when it come to what to see and do in San Cristóbal.
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Location and Contact
Location
• Once in Central de Camiones Cristóbal Colón – ADO, walk 8 blocks to North on Insurgentes street until you get Diego de Mazariegos street, you'll get Main Square there. Then, turn left to West on Diego de Mazariegos street and walk 2 blocks until you get 5 de Mayo street. Then, just walk 15mts and you'll get it on the right side of the street.
• From The Airport (By OCC Transport Service): There is a Sprinters (Van) service with OCC Bus Station from the Airport directly to San Cristobal de las Casas’ OCC Bus Station. It’s 1:20 hrs from the Airport to San Cristobal de Las Casas. Once in OCC Bus Station, just walk over Insurgentes Street in direction to Zocalo (Main Square), to North. It’s about 10 blocks, until you get Diego de Mazariegos/Francisco I. Madero Street. There, turn left over Diego de Mazariegos Street and walk for 2 blocks and you will get the Hostel in number 23rd, over the left side of the Street. This is a yellow/orange big building just in the corner, 5 de Mayo Street.
• From The Airport (By Car):
• From the Airport, you have to drive through 157th Federal Highway in direction to Tuxtla Gutierrez looking for 160th Federal Highway. Once you get 160th Federal Highway, you have to drive over this highway in direction to Chiapa de Corzo. You might go over Cañón del Sumidero Bridge (Sumidero Canyon). Then, 10 kms before get Chiapa de Corzo, you will find a crossroad with 190th Federal Highway. You might turn left there, in direction to San Cristobal de Las Casas. It’s a 48kms Highway to get San Cristobal de Las Casas. As soon as you get San Cristobal, you might find the first crossroad with Boulevard Periferico Poniente (Peripheral Boulevard West), then you have to turn right over the Bridge (which actually is Boulevard Periferico Poniente). As soon as you go over the Bridge, turn left over Boulevard Periferico Poniente and drive through until you get Carretera Internacional / Boulevard Juan Sabines (Internation Highway / Juan Sabines Boulevard); you might notice there is a Gas Station on the left side of the crossroad. There, you run right over Boulevard Juan Sabines. Drive through until you find Teatro de La Ciudad Hermanos Dominguez (Main City Theater Hermanos Dominguez). There is a crossroad in there; so turn left to go around Teatro de La Ciudad Hermanos Dominguez (you might see on the left side of the street a mall Plaza San Cristobal and a Cinepolis Movie Theater). You will be driving now through Hermanos Paniagua Boulevard. Drive through over Hermanos Paniagua Boulevard until you get Puente Blanco (a White Bridge). In there, Calle Diego de Mazariegos (Diego de Mazariegos Street) just starts. Drive over Diego de Mazariegos for about 5 blocks and you will get the Hostel in number 23rd, over the left side of the Street. This is a yellow/orange big building just in the corner, 5 de Mayo Street.
Map
Address: 23 Diego de Mazariegos, San Cristóbal de las Casas (San Cristobal las Casas), Chiapas, Mexico
Distance to city center: 0.54 km
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Phone Number:
+52 967 631 4335
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